Jointly funded by the Office of the Vice President (Research) and the Faculty this initiative will provide one-year funding to eligible Early Career Researchers to develop competitive externally-funded research proposals. This will typically include untenured Assistant Professors who do not at the time of application hold SSHRC funding, or have participated in the prior SSHRC competition. Early Career Researchers are applicants who are within three years of the start date of their first eligible academic position.
Award recipients will be required to apply for external SSHRC support within two years of the grant start date.

Applications should be completed according to the posted instructions. All applications must be submitted to Research Development & Services (RD&S) by 4:30 pm on the deadline date. If a deadline date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline will be extended to the next business day. It is the responsibility of the researcher to ensure that all conditions are met and that the application is complete and submitted to RD&S as required. Late, ineligible or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Application Details:

Guidelines, a link to ROLA, and application and final report forms are available at: http://www.uwo.ca/research/funding/internal/Western_Strategic_Support_for_SSHRC_Success.html. Two competitions will be held each year.This program is administered by the Internal Grants Coordinator in Research Development and Services under the general terms of reference outlined in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Board (SSHRB) guidelines. Completed submissions will be administered in electronic format only.

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.